Digital Resources
Biography Reference Center
Biography Reference Center provides thousands of reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography Today and Biography, plus narrative biographies not available in other databases. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, nationality, activity, gender, lifespan and more.
ConsumerReports.org
The largest paid-publication subscription-based website in the world, this resource enables consumers to make better purchasing decisions on the products they are shopping for. Whether a user is looking to find the best deal on an LCD TV, or researching the top-recommended used vehicles,ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.
Explora
Explora is the research tool from the EBSCO suite of databases It is a research tool that enables a quick search of articles, essays, and primary source documents including journals, abstracts, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, biographies, and historical essays.
Explora provides students with easy-to-use features and age-appropriate content from the world's leading magazines and reference books.
Explora for Middle School Students.
Explora for High School Students.
Hoopla Digital
Hoopla is a digital streaming service for library users to access eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies, and TV shows using portable devices like smartphones and tablets.
Kanopy
Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films – titles of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and thousands of independent filmmakers.
Libby
Libby provides library patrons remote access to a large collection of premium audiobooks, e-books, magazines, and music from their website. It supports downloads to personal computers, Ipod(R), iPhone(R), iPad(TM), Android(TM), Sony(R)Reader, Kindle, and numerous other mobile devices.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages gives you 24/7 access to over 70 world languages and more than 20 ESL courses. These practical, self-paced courses make it simple to brush up on that high school French, rekindle your lifelong dream of visiting Ireland, or simply build on your high school Spanish.
Newsbank- Access World News
Full text access to the San Francisco Chronicle (1985-), East Bay Times (2016-), Alameda Times Star (2001-2016), Alameda Journal (2001-) and hundreds of newspapers throughout the United States. Diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, newswires, transcripts and videos.
Novelist is a database that connects libraries with readers on how to find the next great read. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages.
ProQuest eLibrary
A massive collection of digitized newspapers, magazines and images with editorialized topic pages to aid with navigation.
ProQuest Research Companion
A tutorial product providing video instruction on the important concepts in information literacy
Schools & Educators Complete
Thousands of multidisciplinary ebooks available 24/7
World Book Online
Your Alameda Free Library card gives you access to World Book Online's Early Learning, Discovery, and Timelines databases.
Early Learning- The perfect tool for pre- and emergent readers to explore independently or learn with an adult. Developed with experts on early childhood education, Early Learning is designed for preschool students with tools and content that reinforces early childhood curriculum via short videos, read-aloud stories, printable activities, and matching and tracing games, among others. The guided reading program, lesson plans, and curriculum correlations make teaching easier for educators and parents. (Recommended ages: 2-8)
Discover- Make content more accessible to readers of all levels and differentiate instruction in any learning environment with Discover. This site is ideal for struggling readers and English Language Learners and includes a Life Skills 101 section with tips such on topics as applying for jobs, budgeting, arranging housing, health care issues, social skills and more. (Recommended ages: 12+)
Timelines- A growing collection of 650+ unique Timelines, spanning the arts, science & technology, society & culture, sports, world history & geography and more. Create, customize, collaborate, and share your timelines, which is great for visual learners to put events into context and for classroom instruction to introduce a subject. (Recommended ages: 8+)